Hi there, I hope you’re having a wonderful day!
Today Altenew is celebrating a standalone die release with a blog hop and giveaways! If you arrived from Norine Borys’ blog, you’re right on track. If you want to start at the beginning, visit the Altenew Card Blog. Check the bottom of this post for the full blog hop list to see all of the gorgeous projects everyone has made and more more opportunities to win prizes!
Dainty Blooms Cover Die
For my first card, I used the Dainty Blooms Cover Die which cuts so beautifully. I cut an A2-sized piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and then, rather than letting all of the pieces fall out, I carefully turned my die cutting sandwich upside down before carefully removing the cutting place so that most of the pieces stayed in place and the bottom of the die cut was exposed. I criss-crossed thin paper tape over this back side and then removed the die cut from the die and replaced any pieces that had fallen out.
I turned the die cut piece right side up and loosely colored in the flowers not taking too much care to stay in the lines since I planned to add another die cut over top. I used E01, E02, YR02, and R22 for the blooms, with a bit of Y18 for the centers and anthers of the flowers, and YG01 and YG13 for the leaves.
When I finished coloring, I die cut another piece of Neenah Solar White, this time allowing all of the small pieces to fall out. I used a Zig 2-way Glue Pen to add adhesive to the back of the die cut and then layered and adhered it over the top of my colored piece. This top die cut hid all of my messy coloring 🙂
I used a black pigment ink to stamp the sentiment, which is from the Handpicked Bouquet stamp set, onto a strip of Neenah which I then adhered to the card front with foam tape. Then I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base to finish.
Delicate Mandala Die
For this simple card using the gorgeous and intricate Delicate Mandala Die, I masked off the edges of an A2-sized piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock and then used a foam blending tool to ink up the exposed area in the center in Dusk Crisp Dye ink. I added more ink to the left side than to the right to create a very subtle ombre effect and then removed the mask.
I used the die on a piece of Neenah Solar White and poked out most, but not all, of the little pieces so that there were a lot of peek throughs to the blue background, but also some white-on-white texture within the die cut.
I added glue to the back of the areas where I left fall out pieces in place and then adhered the mandala to the background. Then I trimmed off the part of the mandala that extended past the edge of the card and added a small sentiment strip using foam tape. This little sentiment is from the Flower Vine stamp set. To finish, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Virginia Rose 3D Die Set
For my last card, I used the lovely Virginia Rose 3D Die Set. I decided to go for a bold and modern look so I die cut each piece out of Neenah Solar White and colored each piece with no shading, just solid color. I used Y17, R14, and RV17 for the petals, black 1000 for the center of the large flower (I left the white piece peeking through the black piece white), and YG01 and YG25 for the leaves. I adhered all the pieces of the blooms together and then set all of the pieces aside to work on the background.
Just like for the card above, I masked off the edges of a piece of bristol smooth cardstock and then blended Soft Lilac Crisp Dye ink in the exposed center. Though subtle, the edges of the ink-blended rectangle are a bit darker than the center, where I only added a very little bit of ink. I peeled away the mask and then stamped the sentiment, which is from the Pinstripe stamp set.
To assemble the card I used a combination of liquid adhesive and Zots Bling adhesive dots to adhere all of the leaves and blooms. Then I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Thanks so much for coming by! Be sure to check out the giveaways below before you head on to visit Kathleen Graumüller.
Giveaways!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 6/24/2019 for a chance to win.
Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 6/27/2019.
Blog Hop List
Altenew Card Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Lilith Eeckels
Therese Calvird
Laurie Willison
Jaycee Gaspar
Virginia Lu
Nathalie DeSousa
Svitlana Shayevich
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Norine Borys
Seeka <– you are here
Kathleen Graumüller
Nenette Samson Madero
Jeanne Jachna
Mindy Eggen
Irina Fonina
Zsoka Marko
Zinia Redo
Isha Gupta
Maryam Perez
Emily Midgett
Kelly Janes
Lydia Evans
Marge Yoon
Agnieszka Malyszek
Amber Rain Davis
Arjita Sepaha Singh
Kymona Tracey
Michelle Murray
Kelly Griglione
Lovely, eye-catching cards, Seeka!
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Wow! Wonderful cards! 😍 I love the cover die one ❤️
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Love the way you used the Dainty Blooms Cover Die, my favorite in this release!
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Lovely cards! Thanks for the chance to win and sharing.
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Beautiful set of cards! I love all of them 🙂
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Great job on your cards and especially the coloring behind that fabulous cover die!
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Gorgeous and colorful cards!
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Love your color choices…great designs.
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Love your color choices…great designs.
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Wonderful cards Seeka! The first & second cards really appeal to me. Great job! Thanks.
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I love them all but I think the mandala is my favorite because it almost looks inlayed in the middle, very clean and beautiful!
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The ink blending is exquisite!
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Great Tip & Technique on Coloring Dainty Bloom Cover Die “blooms”. Will use Press N Seal since I always have rolls of it in my kitchen…great alternative to paper tape. Mahalo for sharing your Beautiful Creative Works of Art.
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Such a beautiful assortment!! I love the design and colors used on the Dainty Blooms cover die card!
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Your cards are BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE the bold colors! TFS!
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Beautiful cards, I especially like the Dainty Blooms. Your color selections are perfect.
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Beautiful bold colors, absolutely love your cards!!
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love how you used the dainty flower cover die – you do such lovely work!
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Such gorgeous color choices! I love the mandala one and that 3-D rose is fab!
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Very beautifully ambitious cards! Thank you for sharing.
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Awesome cards! Love the cover die and the mandala die!
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Gorgeous cards. Love how you used the dainty blooms die!
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Love them all. What a fantastic Altenew release!
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Gorgeous colorful cards!
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LOVE what you did with the cover die. Thanks for the tips about how to flip and save the pieces, how to color (your coloring is amazing), and then how to add the second cover layer. Love that look! I also love the 3D card—-great contrast of greens and yellows and pinks here!
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Gorgeous cards. So beautiful. Love them all.
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I love these cards Seeka! The Dainty Blooms Cover Die card really pops!
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Such pretty cards, Seeka! Love the colors you used for the Virginia rose one.
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You picked just the right colors to make these new June dies “sing”! Beautiful!!
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Wow! Your VA Rose card just pops with those colors. Each card is lovely. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
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The colors on Virginia rose card as so cool.
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The flower cards are beautiful.I love the colours.Thanks for the inspiration!
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The virginal rose die card is stunning! Love the colors!
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Love the mandala card!
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VERY pretty cards!!! All this inspiration has me wanting to get crafting now. Thank you for sharing!!!
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All looking fabulous!! Love the ink blending.
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Wonderful cards. Thanks for sharing.
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Pretty, pretty cards. Love them.
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I love the colors you used for the Virginia Rose card! So bold and eye-catching!
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Great ideas for using the new Altenew release. The cover die card is amazing!
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Such a good trick to color and then add another diecut on top – your cards are beautiful!
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Okay!!! I was on the fence about ordering the blooms cover die. but after i saw your awesome card using it I stopped hopping and ordered it right then and there! Your other cards are beautiful as well, but I can’t budget all that product right now lol!
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gorgeous work
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The dies in this month’s hop are terrific. I love how you created such beautiful pieces from some of them. The best one to me is the one you did with the flowers. Beautiful color variations in them.
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Love your work with the Tiny blooms cover die. Outstanding.
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awesome cards
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Your cards are all beautiful. I found your technique for adding color on the dainty blooms card very interesting
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I adore every one of your cards! They are all so eye-catching and beautiful.
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These are seriously beautiful cards! Love the Virgina Rose 3D card and die especially!!!
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Beautiful cards. Especially love the Dainty Blooms card. So pretty!
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